Etymology

plumb

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Today it means: A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction. Full definition →

Middle English plumbe ← Old French *plombe ← Latin plumba
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  1. Latin · derived fromplumba
  2. Old French · derived from*plombe
  3. Middle English · inherited fromplumbe
  4. English todayplumb

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

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